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Show A Difcour{e of Foreft-Trees. Chap.XV. Trees which ftand fingle ) aretobe govern'd, and defended from the injuries of Beafls, and fometimes more wxreafonable Creatures, till they are able to protect themfelves. In Holland ( where the very High wayes are adorn'd with them ) they frequently clap them ; three.orfour Deal- boards (in mannerof aclofe trunk) about fhould which Air, the out keeps it becaufe well, 0 but itis not have free acceffe, and intercourfe to the bole, and by no means be excluded from flowing freely about them, or indeed any other Trees ; provided theyare fecur'd fromthe violence of impetuous Chap. XVI. A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. the glory of right Exglifs Anceftors : In a Statate of Hen. 8, youhave it mention’d : It is excellent Fue/s but I have not yet obferved any other ufe, fave that the Blofoms are of an agreeable fcent, andthe Berries {uch atempting Bait for the Thrufhes , that as long as they laft, you fhall be fureof their Company. Some highly commend the Juice of the berries, which (fermenting of itfelf ) if well preferv’d, makes an excellent Drink, againft the Spleenand Scorbut : Ale and Beer Brew’d with thefe Berries,being ripe, is an incomparable Drink winds, @c. as his Majefties are, without thofe clofe Coffizs, in which the Dutch-men feem rather to bury them alive : In the meantime, is there a moreravifhing, or delightful object then to behold fome intire ffreets, and whole Towns planted with thefe Trees, in even lines before their doors, fo as they feem like CHAP. XVI. held prevalent 3 andskreens the Houfes both from /Vinds, Sum, OF the Birch. Citiesin aVVood 2 this is extreamly frefh , of admirable effect againft the Epilepfe , for which the delicately fented bloffoms are and Dut ; then which there can be nothing more defirable where Streets are muchfrequented. The ftately Lime, fmooth, gentle, ftreight, andfair, StatPhilyras baud omnes formofror altera fargit With verdant locks, and fragrant Bloffoms deckt, Does a large, ev’n, odorate Shade projeét. Et viridante coma, &9 bewcolenti flore fuperba, Spargit odoratam laté, atque equaliter umbrawte ( With whichno other Dryad may compare ) Inter Hamadryades 3 mohiffima, candida, levis, Coulei 1.6. PL. The diftance for/Valks mayin rich ground be eighteen foot, in more ordinarySoil, fifteen, or fixteen. %i He Birch [. Betula] is altogether produc’'d of Suckerss gicp; (though it fheds akind of Samera about the Spring) whichbeing planted at four or'five footinterval, infmall Twigs, will fuddenlyrife to Trees; provided they affect the ground,which cannot well be too Barren;forit will thrive both in the dry,and the Wet, Sand, and Stony, Azarfhes, and Bogs 3 the Water-galls, and uliginows parts of Forefts that hardly bear any Graffe , do many times fpontaneoufly produce it in abundance , whether the place be high, or low, and nothing comes amiffe toit. Plant the fmall Twigs, or Suckers having Roots, and after the firft year, cut them within an zach of the furface; this will caufe them to fprout in CHAP. XV. {trong and lufty tufts, fit for Coppfe, and Spring-woods 5 or, by re- ducing them to one fie , render them ina very few years fit for the Turzer, Of the Quick-Beam. Raick-beam y, He Quick-beam [fi Orwus,or asthe Pi#ax more P peculiar! Ys 3 Fraxinus bubula, others, the Wild Sorb’| or (as fome termit) the Witchen , isa fpecies of wild-Afh. The berries which it producesin O&ober, may then be fown ; orrather the Sets planted: Itrifes to a reafonable {tature, fhoots upright, and {lenders and confifts of afine fmooth bark, It delights to be both in Agoun- tains and UVoeds, andto fixit {elf in good light ground; Virgil affirms, “twill unite with the Peare, 2. Befides the ule of it forthe Husbandmans Tools, the VVheelwright commends it for being all heart ; and our Fletchers for Bowes next to For 2. Though Birch be of all other the worft of Timber, yet has Exgh, which we ought not to pafie over, for the it its various ules, as for the Husbandmans Ox-yokes, alfo for Hoops, Paniers, Brooms, Wands, bavin bands, and Wythes for Fagots 5 and claims a memory for Arrows, bolts, Shafts, our old Exglifh Artillery; alfo for Difhes, Boules, Ladles, and other domeftic Utenfils, in the good old dayes of more fimplicity, yet of better andtruer Hofpitality : Alo for Fuel, great and fmall-Coal, which laft is made by charring the {lendereft bruh , and fummities of the twigs; asof the Topsand loppings M. Howards new Tanne. The inner filken- bark was antiently usd for Writing-Tables, even before the Inventiunof Paper; and of the out-ward thicker, and courfer part, are divers Houfes in Ruffia, and thofe poor Northern Traéts cover’d, in ftead of Slates, and Tle: ‘Tis affirm'd by Cardan , that fome Firch-roots are fo very extravagantly rein'd, as to reprefent the Shapes and Images of Beafts, Birds, Trees, and L 2 many |
